Sec.  25.140   Qualifications of fixed-satellite space station licensees.

   

   (a) New fixed-satellites shall comply with the requirements
   established in Report and Order, CC Docket No. 81-704 (available at
   address in Sec. 0.445 of this chapter.) Applications must also meet the
   requirements in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section. The
   Commission may require additional or different information in the case
   of any individual application. Applications will be unacceptable for
   filing and will be returned to the applicant if they do not meet the
   requirements referred to in this paragraph.

   (b) Each applicant for a space station authorization in the
   fixed-satellite service must demonstrate, on the basis of the
   documentation contained in its application, that it is legally,
   technically, and otherwise qualified to proceed expeditiously with the
   construction, launch and/or operation of each proposed space station
   facility immediately upon grant of the requested authorization. Each
   applicant must provide the following information:

   (1) The information specified in Sec. 25.114; and

   (2) An interference analysis to demonstrate the compatibility of its
   proposed system 2 degrees from any authorized space station. An
   applicant should provide details of its proposed r.f. carriers which
   it believes should be taken into account in this analysis. At a
   minimum, the applicant must include, for each type of r.f. carrier,
   the link noise budget, modulation parameters, and overall link
   performance analysis. (See, e.g., appendices B and C to Licensing of
   Space Stations in the Domestic Fixed-Satellite Service (available at
   address in Sec. 0.445)).

   (c)-(g) [Reserved]

   [ 62 FR 5929 , Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at  68 FR 51504 , Aug. 27, 2003]